Boys basketball: Mount Vernon shows its mettle

12:11 AM,
Dec. 23, 2013

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Playing against two opponents loaded with high-major Division I talent, Mount Vernon needed to play its collective best to compete at the Iolani Classic. The Knights accomplished that, winning three of four, capped by a dramatic 69-67 victory Saturday night over Chicago-area Catholic power St. Rita's that earned them a fifth-place finish.

Bob Cimmino, a six-time state champion coach, said the win was "one of the best I've ever been a part of."

"It definitely was," the Mount Vernon coach said Sunday morning before his team's flight home from Honolulu. "We took care of the basketball. We made ...